We have more than enough articles, blogs, podcasts, and social media updates to remind us daily that life can throw you some real curve balls, forcing you to either hit or strike out. Many are likely to invoke legislative privilege and immunity - which shields members of the statehouse from most judicial scrutiny for actions carried out as part of their official duties - and try to quash any subpoenas.Nobody really needs yet another reminder that the past year or so has been rough. Other legislators are expecting to receive subpoenas from the grand jury imminently. Kutti claimed to be a crisis manager sent by a “high-profile individual” and told Freeman to confess to committing election fraud or risk being arrested, according to Reuters.Īmong the state officials who could also testify as soon as this week are Deputy Secretary of State Gabe Sterling Frances Watson, the former chief investigator for the Secretary of State’s office and Ryan Germany, the office’s general counsel. Election investigations and publicly available videos showed no improprieties. In January 2021, Kutti showed up at the Cobb County home of Ruby Freeman, a Fulton elections worker and grandmother who received death threats after Trump accused her of manipulating ballots at State Farm Arena. Kelly who last year allegedly pressured a Fulton County poll worker, CNN reported. Showcasing just how broad Willis is going with her investigation, prosecutors are also reportedly seeking testimony from Trevian Kutti, a former publicist for Kanye West and R. Jen Jordan and Elena Parent, confirmed they’ve been subpoenaed. At least two other Democrats who heard Giuliani’s testimony in front of another committee, state Sens. Nguyen is a member of the state House Governmental Affairs Committee, which in December 2020 heard conspiracy-laden testimony from Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani about Georgia’s vote count that’s of interest to prosecutors. Bee Nguyen, D-Atlanta, confirmed on Tuesday that she has also received a subpoena to testify before the grand jury next week, just two days after her runoff for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. In a September 2021 letter to Raffensperger urging him to take the unprecedented step of decertifying Georgia’s election results, Trump alleged that 43,000 absentee ballots were in violation of Georgia’s chain of custody rule and were thus invalid, citing a report from the pro-Trump site the Georgia Star News. While Trump was most fixated on Fulton County as the vote count was underway, he was also deeply interested in Cobb, where an audit of 15,000 absentee ballots was conducted.Īs recently as last fall, he pointed to DeKalb as the site of alleged widespread voter fraud. No one who has testified so far has made themselves available for an interview with any journalist.Īmong the officials who were requested to appear this week were Erica Hamilton, the former DeKalb County elections director who now works in Cobb, and Janine Eveler, Cobb County’s director of elections and registration, according to copies of their subpoenas obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

There are untold ways to get in and out of the building without being seen, unlike Raffensperger two weeks ago when he was photographed walking up the steps before testifying.

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